Reggie Duff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Reggie Duff

Australian cricketer

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1878

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1911

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Reginald Alexander "Reggie" Duff (17 August 1878 – 13 December 1911) was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905.
Duff made his Test debut along with Warwick Armstrong, against England at Melbourne in 1901–02 and scored 104 after being held back until No.
10 in the second innings due to a bad pitch.
This innings is the first instance of a No.
10 scoring a hundred on debut and one of only four centuries from that low in the order by anyone.
He was a specialist batsman by trade and opened in the second innings of the next Test.
He also went onto score a century in his last Test match and, in fact, set a new record for becoming the first batsman to score century on Test debut as well as to score a century in his farewell Test match.Abul Hasan of Bangladesh became the second man to score a Test century at debut at No.
10 in 2012. Duff's career was plagued by alcoholism, and he lost his life at the age of 33 in 1911.
His former colleagues from his home state of New South Wales paid for his funeral.

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